Exploring the Default Display for Command Bars

When Outlook is first started, you'll see the Menu Bar at the top of the window and the Standard toolbar immediately under it. At the far right of the Menu Bar is the Ask a Question box. Along with the Standard toolbar, all Outlook items have an Advanced toolbar, as shown in Figure 5.1. The Advanced toolbar is not shown by default, but I recommend showing it because it contains several useful tools. If you want to save screen space, the Standard and Advanced toolbars can share a row.

Figure 5.1. The default command bars for mail folders contain the basic commands you need to work with email. Each folder type has a different set of default tools.